[Therapeutic effect of pipemidic acid trihydrate on urinary tract infections (author's transl)]

Twenty-seven cases of urinary tract infection were treated with daily dose of 1.5 g of pipemidic acid trihydrate. Duration of drug administration varied between 7 and 28 days. The patients were consisted of acute cystitis (10), underlying disease (5) and complicated infection after long period catheterization (12). Following results were obtained: 1. Organisms cultured before treatment were sensitive to pipemidic acid trihydrate. 2. First and second classes of patients were cured by the treatment, however, patients having indwelling catheter were not changed on the view of culture. 3. No serious side effect was observed including hepatic and renal function, and blood.